On Monday June 10, 2013, The
Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development as the National Authorising
Officer of the European Union Grant Funding held a press conference to
commemorate the disbursement of over $400,000TTD in grant funding among five
NGOs and the Vet-Med, UWI at the La Lune Room, Level 20, and Eric Williams
Financial Complex.
The Air- Conditioning and Refrigeration Industry Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ARIA) was one of the
NGOs to receive European Union (EU) grant funding. ARIA
has been a long time and valuable stakeholder of the NOU; partnering with the
Unit on numerous occasions including training of the air-conditioning and
refrigeration sector on alternatives of ODS and best practices, the TPMP and
the successful phasing out of CFCs and its current work on the HPMP. In light of this, two members of the NOU; Mr.
Javed Lakhan and Ms. Anastasia Gordon, attended
the press conference in support of ARIA.
The EU Grant Funds were used to
support the Re-training Session for the air-conditioning and refrigeration
sector in good refrigeration practices. Training technicians in the industry is
essential for the wise use and prevention of the incidental release of refrigerants into
the atmosphere. ODS need to be safely
recovered (not vented into the atmosphere) from
equipment during maintenance operations by a
trained technician through the use of recovery and recycling equipment.
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| L-R: Mr. Kenneth Boodoo, President, ARIA, receiving grant funds from the Ms. Arlene McComie, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Planning and Sustainable Development and Ms Daniela Tramacere, Charge d'Affaires, EU Delegation. |
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| EU Grant Fund Awardees including Mr. Kenneth Boodoo, ARIA (3rd from the left) with the Senator, Dr. the Honourable Minister Bhoendradatt Tewarie (4th from the right) and Ms. Arlene McComie, Permanent Secretary, both from the Ministry of Planning and Sustainable Development. |
